Recent content by lexspop

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    Benchmarking Flash Drives

    Looking for a program to benchmark speeds on my flash drives. Tried writing a script with robocopy, but it was too smart -- it was just undeleting files instead of moving them back after deleting.
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    Tricky Virus Keeps Coming Back

    You should run TDSSKiller from Kaspersky, http://support.kaspersky.com/viruses/solutions?qid=208280684 If I remember correctly, the new version has a tendency to hide in your bootsector.
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    L1 vs L2 vs L3 SandyBridge's Micro-Op

    Thanks for the quick reply! These forums rock. As for the last part of you reply, I'm guessing it's faster to re-use decoded instructions than regular x86 instructions?
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    L1 vs L2 vs L3 SandyBridge's Micro-Op

    First post! (for me, anyway) Am I right in thinking that speed wise, L1 > L2 > L3? To make things more complicated, how is the SandyBridge's new Micro-Op cache different than traditional caches? Aren't they all just storing instructions?